1. Any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or colour
   "She used cudweed in her dried flower arrangements"
    
2. Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
   "cudweed's cottony appearance made it stand out among the other wildflowers";
   - cotton rose, filago
    
3. Perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
   "cudweed is used in traditional Native American ceremonies";
   - western mugwort, white sage, prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes

Derived forms: cudweeds

Type of: everlasting, everlasting flower, flower, mugwort

Part of: genus Filago, genus Gnaphalium, Gnaphalium

Encyclopedia: Cudweed